Nick Goepper

Nick Goepper was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, but raised in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. He has two younger sisters, one younger brother, and a cat. He began skiing at the age of five, started competing when he was eleven years old, and landed his first double backflip by thirteen.\n', '

In 2009, Goepper moved to Sandy, Oregon where he attended school and trained with professional skiers at Windells Academy on a full ride scholarship. Goepper won a gold medal at the 2013-14 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup in Cardrona, New Zealand and qualified for the 2014 Olympics at the 2013 Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colorado. He placed first despite having to ski with a broken hand and no poles.\n', '

At the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Nick Goepper, Gus Kenworthy, and Joss Christensen swept the medal podium winning bronze, silver, and gold, respectively in men\'s slopestyle skiing. The all American trio ap…